An indirect way of defending a cutting point.
Black has a cutting point at a. Playing enables Black to defend it - now a white stone played at a is in atari. In this case it is better shape for Black to play
than the
direct connection at a.
Black has this other choice of hanging connection, but that is certainly worse. The White peep at is embarrassing.
In this case covers two cutting points.
Because a double hanging connection allows two peeps, it should often be avoided. Here might be better.
In this case may be criticised as a raw peep: a peep at a cutting point that still might be useful as a cut.
Thad: It should be noted that the hanging connection changes the yose hane-connect from sente ( if
at a
instead, then Black must play b) to gote.
So when is the Hanging connection better than the direct connection? (And vice-versa of course. )
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